Alpinia galanga

Botanical Description

Alpinia galanga is a robust, perennial, herbaceous plant growing in large clumps that can be 2 - 3.5 metres tall. It has a subterranean, creeping, copiously branched rhizome from which clumps of leaves are formed at intervals. The light red or pale yellow rhizomes are 2 - 4cm in diameter[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. A fairly well-known and widely used spice, mainly employed as a flavouring in foods and as a medicinal plant. The rhizomes are very commonly used and are said to be indispensable in everyday cooking throughout South Asia and South-East Asia, The plant has long been cultivated in tropical regions, especially southern Asia, and it is also sometimes harvested from the wild or from semi-cultivated plants in old clearings etc[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].